View down the 10 metre long tunnel/bunker, equipped with sump pump, electrical generator and lights.
Photo Credit: Toronto Police Services

Toronto’s mystery bunker solved-sort of

In January, a mysterious, well built, underground bunker was discovered on thickly forested public land near York University in Toronto Ontario.

The bunker was accidentally discovered by a security officer when he noticed a large pile of dirt in the middle of the woods and then the covered entrance was found.

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View down the 3 metre deep tunnerl into the bunker © Toronto Police

Given recent world events, of greater concern was its proximity to a a tennis centre which is to be one of the venues for the upcoming PanAm games, where large international crowds will soon gather for the event.

The bunker-like tunnel was about 3 metres underground, almost 2 metres high, almost a metre wide and over 10 metres long, It also had a  generator, a sump pump, and moisture resistant lighting.

Obviously well planned, police kept quiet about the tunnel until February when they went public with the discovery hoping to learn more about those responsible.

News of the secretive tunnel has been carried world-wide.

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The bunker after being dug out by power shovel showing the start of an antechambers to the side and end. After investigators had combed the site, It was then completely filled in. © Toronto Police

In February Deputy Chief Mark Saunders said “This was built with a considerable amount of sophistication,” Saunders said. “The individuals responsible for building it clearly had some expertise in structural integrity.”

While speculation ran high about who dug it, why, and its proximity to a major scheduled international event, the police began asking for information from the public about the mysterious tunnel.

Today, they announced that tips led them to two people whom they have spoken to.

The police now say there was no connection to terrorism, no laws were broken, and no charges will be laid against the men who dug the bunker “for personal reasons”.
A statement from Toronto Police services today says, “Investigators have verified their account and are satisfied there was neither criminal intent nor any threat to the people or City of Toronto,” adding the case has now been closed.

Engineers say the amount of wet clay removed in making the tunnel weighed almost 30 tons.

The police may have closed the file, but the public curiousty has certainly not ended.

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